A Prince George’s County man pleaded guilty Friday to a string of armed bank robberies in Maryland and Virginia, federal prosecutors said.
Wesley Phillip Wilson Jr., 44, of Upper Marlboro, admitted to robbing four banks and attempting to rob another between Nov. 19 and Dec. 7, 2020. In several of the crimes, he threatened tellers with notes and brandished a handgun.
Wilson’s first robbery netted about $1,570 from a Prince George’s County bank. Days later, he stole $2,709 from a bank in Anne Arundel County. He then attempted to rob a bank in Woodbridge, Virginia, but fled empty-handed when a teller triggered an alarm, according to charging documents.
On Nov. 28, he stole $3,000 from a Montgomery County bank, and on Dec. 7, he took $6,135 from a bank in Manassas, Virginia.
Investigators tracked Wilson using a GPS device hidden in the stolen money from the Manassas robbery. He was arrested the same day and confessed, authorities said. Police later recovered cash, a handgun and ammunition from his vehicle.
Wilson faces up to 20 years in federal prison for bank robbery, up to 25 years for armed and attempted armed bank robbery, and a mandatory minimum of five years up to life for brandishing a firearm during the crimes, prosecutors said.
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